Save Our Seabirds

This is a wonderful organization and they are doing such good work. You can see the birds very close up but they are in beautiful natural habitats and were not stressed by us being there. My grandmother was a bird lover and I donated in her honor. She used to give Brown Pelican talks at the elementary schools in Clearwater.

This place was a wonderful surprise to find across the parking lot from the Mote Aquarium. I have a special love for birds, and so do the folks at SOS. They have nice habitats put together for a variety of species and a care clinic for the birds on site. While heartbreaking to read the stories of how the birds came to SOS, it was good to see that they had comfortable homes where many could still live in flocks. Visiting this rescue is a great opportunity to see the beautiful birds of Florida up close and personal.
Admission is very reasonable and you can even get a discount if you visit the Mote aquarium too. It’s good to know that your money goes to help the rescued birds too. If you are in the Sarasota area be sure to stop for a visit!

Highly recommend stopping here to see hundreds of different types of birds. All rescued or saved for different reasons. Great for kids too. There is a minimal fee to enter.

What a fantastic rescue aviary. They really need some community support for the fantastic work they do. I’m glad they are charging a fee now, the improvements are terrific!
Please pass on to all your friends that they should help support this wonderful non-​profit! Thank you for doing what you do for all the birds on your care.
Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Save Our Seabirds is a wonderful rescue facility for birds in the Sarasota area. There have been a lot of improvements in recent years with new management. The staff and volunteers are so kind and knowledgable.

The wife and I always stop here. Is a nice way to kill some time. Some of the birds are playful and interactive like cho.

Good experience. So wonderful that there are places like this to help Florida’s first inhabitants!

Being new to Florida I’ve developed a fascination with the local wildlife and this was a great place to see so many birds up close. They share a parking lot with the Mote so its easy to find. I believe admission was $ 5 per person, but when they asked my wife and I if it was our first time visiting and we admitted yes it somehow dropped to $ 4 for the two of us total for a first time visit. Score!
They give you a brochure with information on each bird exhibit and why that bird is there. I can’t even count how many species we got to observe up close including owls, shorebirds, hawks, parrots, etc. My favorite of course was the 30+ pelicans all living together. It’s a little sad to see so many injured animals, but its comforting knowing they wouldn’t last a day in the wild and instead have a safe home and are well cared for. I never thought I’d see a bird wearing a prosthesis leg.
The only downside might be for kids that you don’t actually get to feed any of the animals, unlike the flamingos at the Sarasota Jungle Garden. Interaction is limited to simply watching the animals, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I used to come here when it was the Pelican Man!
Since they have become «Save Our Seabirds» it is much better organized and cleaner than I had remembered. They had predatory birds to sea birds, even parrots. I have never seen so many birds in one location, I think they have over 30 different species.
I donated a few bucks to the cause, because it really is a great one:
— Rescue injured birds
— Rehabilitate native and migratory seabirds until independent of care
— Release back into the wild
We saw many hurt birds, some with one foot, and others with braces or casts. It was sad and happy at the same time.
Also, did I mention that it was FREE? Come check it out and donate a few bucks!

Great place to stop and visit with family and friends. Nice to be able to show the kids close up some ofupur native birds.
New management with awesome gift shop and such an amazing variety of birds to see and learn about.

It looks like a collector got lucky in getting 501c3 status. There are swans, ratty looking exotic parrots — including a sad, mutilating, cockatoo– and a coop of pigeons.
The cranes looked like they were cared for but there were other birds that seemed like they should be elsewhere.
What is this place? A rescue? An attraction? I wanted to ask someone but the gift store was closed and the people in the cages were in street clothes (like they live on the street) and looked like they didn’t want to be bothered.
I would give it a single star but the cranes seemed to be getting some care.
I heard this was The Pelican Man. I heard it was great. What happened?